Glass walls

[Justin]

Is toughened safety glass the same as laminated, or are they 2 different types of glass but essentially do the same thing ?

[Andy Hall]

Two different things. Toughened glass is created through a heat process. Laminated involves bonding two sheets together with a layer of plastic between them.

.andy

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[Mary Fisher]

AH! That's why I was so ignorant :-) No telly.

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

Oh, sorry. It was a LONG time ago :-)

That's my subject!

Mary

[Ian Stirling]

To clarify further. Toughened glass goes off, and it creates thousands of razor-sharp edged cubes of glass. It's very hard to kill yourself with these, but they are very, very unfunny to tread on in bare feet, or try to catch yourself with your hands on.

Laminated glass on the other hand if it's broken stays more or less in one bit, even if bent. There may be small shards and bits that fly off, but these are typically small, and few in number.

[Pet]

Well I for one wouldn't want to watch a pair of 65 yr old wrinklies falling out of their corsets and bloomers!

[Mary Fisher]

Is that what you wear?

We don't.

But you prove my point.

Mary